COMMISSIONING CUSTOM WORK
When ordering custom cabinets or furniture, you'll be commissioning heirloom-quality pieces made specifically for you, suited exactly to your needs and taste. This often requires some time working together to achieve a design which fulfills your vision.
Before working on a design, it's usually necessary for me to visit your space to see where the project will live. Measurements are crucial, but especially so for built-in pieces.
Also, I need to get an understanding of what a you want, the function of the piece, what aspects are important to you, what's visually appealing to you, yet will work with existing features in the space.
That being the case, my customer base is generally limited to Western Oregon, primarily in the Corvallis/Willamette Valley area.
Typically, I may have work lined up for several weeks, possibly a couple of months if I'm doing a kitchen. During that time, I would work on design with you, exchanging ideas, providing you with sketches, modifying these until we reach the final design. Then I would provide you with scale drawings, draw up a contract, and begin as soon as my schedule allows.
I schedule jobs based on verbal confirmations. When you contact me with an inquiry, I will meet with you, discuss what you have in mind, and get back to you with a ballpark estimate. If you confirm that you want to go ahead with the project, you are then on my schedule.
Completion times vary with the piece, but for a typical kitchen cabinet set, expect 10-12 weeks from start to installation. For a single cabinet of simple design, more like 1-2 weeks. Some simple furniture pieces can be done within a week, some take months. If you have clear ideas of what you want, or a photo/sketch of a design, that can greatly reduce overall design time.
35% of the estimated cost for materials and expenses is required in advance. On jobs requiring more than 2 weeks to complete, you'll receive an invoice for labor charges either weekly or bi-weekly. You'll be billed for time and materials only. I don't mark up my material costs. I'll provide you with a projected cost, but it's necessarily an estimate. Every job is different, every piece of wood works differently from another.
Before working on a design, it's usually necessary for me to visit your space to see where the project will live. Measurements are crucial, but especially so for built-in pieces.
Also, I need to get an understanding of what a you want, the function of the piece, what aspects are important to you, what's visually appealing to you, yet will work with existing features in the space.
That being the case, my customer base is generally limited to Western Oregon, primarily in the Corvallis/Willamette Valley area.
Typically, I may have work lined up for several weeks, possibly a couple of months if I'm doing a kitchen. During that time, I would work on design with you, exchanging ideas, providing you with sketches, modifying these until we reach the final design. Then I would provide you with scale drawings, draw up a contract, and begin as soon as my schedule allows.
I schedule jobs based on verbal confirmations. When you contact me with an inquiry, I will meet with you, discuss what you have in mind, and get back to you with a ballpark estimate. If you confirm that you want to go ahead with the project, you are then on my schedule.
Completion times vary with the piece, but for a typical kitchen cabinet set, expect 10-12 weeks from start to installation. For a single cabinet of simple design, more like 1-2 weeks. Some simple furniture pieces can be done within a week, some take months. If you have clear ideas of what you want, or a photo/sketch of a design, that can greatly reduce overall design time.
35% of the estimated cost for materials and expenses is required in advance. On jobs requiring more than 2 weeks to complete, you'll receive an invoice for labor charges either weekly or bi-weekly. You'll be billed for time and materials only. I don't mark up my material costs. I'll provide you with a projected cost, but it's necessarily an estimate. Every job is different, every piece of wood works differently from another.
contact ME
You can reach me on my home phone or by email. I haven't entered the world of texting, and am hoping to keep it that way. I get more work done without a phone in my shop, and I stay focused, thereby keeping my fingers intact. So if you miss me, leave a message on the machine, and I'll call you back right away. Sometimes I work until late at night, in which case I'll return your call the next day.
Landline: 541-368-5369